As the subject says, I'm camping @ Spillway with the Airstream to test some features and do some fishing. This is a great campground and my site #23 is fine, #16 looks to be the best for trailer use. I arrived without issue and set up camp including new additional solar for charging the batteries, more secure Moon shade awning, 12v mood lighting, StarLink connectivity, etc. New solar worked fine. It's super windy out here and was a great test for the awning. I made
one small addition to hold the poles together but all is right now. Mood lighting worked well from a day of sunshine. StarLink was awesome, when it had power (more below).
Other shakedown testing wasn't as fruitful or at least had some negative aspects. I'd just gotten a new aux battery in the Crusher Too (free from Interstate as the old one wouldn't hold a charge after 26 months and I have 36 mo full replacement). Despite that the battery did not last a full 48 hrs running StarLink and the fridge without being charged. I drove it some today so have a little juice. I need to bring a charger for it that I can hook to my generator if it happens again. I admit I was a bit in the shade of a big tree limiting sun for part of the day. Also, the new inverter can't handle the Nespresso machine, even if we're connected to the generator. I had to tote the machine outside and plug directly into the generator. Far from ideal. I'll have to get to root cause ~ I know it's a high demand appliance and tasks the generator considerably but through the inverter, the inverter just shuts down.
On the first eve I hosted young neighbors. I forgot ice trays or ice and they had some ice ~ so I made margs and we chatted. Cool KC, MO couple and the guy could really play a mean guitar.
It was so windy for dinner though that I blew off making stuff and had leftover Cowboy Caviar. I slept well in the camper but it was chilly; batteries had not been charging at home with the inverter off and if voltage is too low, the furnace won't stay on... grrr. Batteries are charged now and it all works fine. Wed was a fishing day... it wasn't too crowded but the fishing was only meh. The cold nights and significantly reduced flows, down to 68cfs at the beginning to lesser yet at <60cfs today, made catching tough ~ I saw plenty of fish but caught only a half dozen on midges, no mayflies Wed.
It was windy early evening but I made sloppy joes on the skottle anyway. I had to improvise a bit as I forgot the chili sauce but did have a can of fire roasted tomatoes... I had everything else so it worked fine. I invited the CG host over for a sandwich and we exchanged stories. Cool CO software dude.
The 2nd day fishing was even tougher and still windy. I drove down to the tunnels to work that beat in the AM. One tiny brown... I came back to the Spillway area. I managed to catch only several but one was nicer and a little over 18". Today the midges and caddis larva worked. I found a small "stand" of columbine ~ cool.
Update 02Ju25 ~ Gas Line Fix... while in 11 Mile Canyon I noticed one of the two 20# canisters of propane was leaking from its tail to the mixing valve. Grrr. I disconnected it. I have since purchased and installed two new pigtails from tanks to mixing/cutover valve.
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